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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 07-095-CCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS "�`�7 Grant County, Washington IN THE MATTER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY RESOLUTION No. 2007 - 09S CC COMMISSIONERS DECLARING ITS INTENTION AND THE NECESSITY TO ESTABLISH AN ALIGNMENT FOR A NEW COUNTY ROAD CONNECTING SR 17 NEAR THE GRANT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO THE HIAWATHA INTERCHANGE AT I-90 AND DIRECTING THE COUNTY ROAD ENGINEER TO PREPARE DOCUMENTS TO COMMENCE THE PROCESS TO AMEND THE GRANT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS APPROPRIATE, AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED HERETO WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners finds that it is in the public interest that an alignment for a new county road arterial be identified, established and preserved in the area lying northwest of the City of Moses Lake beginning at SR 17 near the Grant County International Airport and crossing Moses Lake with a bridge and fill as necessary and ending at the existing Hiawatha interchange on Interstate 90, and WHEREAS, Chapter 36.81 RCW provides that a board of county commissioners may by original resolution entered upon its minutes declare its intention to establish any county road in the county and declare that it is a public necessity and direct the county road engineer to report on such project; and WHEREAS, the County Road Engineer has requested an amendment to the Grant County Comprehensive Plan to accomplish the following actions to further the directives of the Board of County Commissioners: Amend the Transportation Element and Land Use Sections of said Comprehensive Plan to promote and encourage the goal to preserve a corridor hereinafter referred to as the Maewatha Rd and beginning at SR 17 near the Grant County International Airport; thence crossing Moses Lake southwesterly to a point intersecting in the vicinity of Roads 5.5 to 5 8 NE, thence westerly approximately 4 miles to Hiawatha Rd NE; thence south approximately 4 5 miles to the Hiawatha Interchange with Interstate 90. Identify the environmental, biological and cultural impacts to the effected areas, including rights-of-way, agricultural, residential and commercial development, a bridge and approach fills crossing the lake. Evaluate the traffic impacts of the new corridor on the current system. Study the conversion of said new corridor to a state route including access restriction. Maewatha County Road Project - Page 1 of 2 • Address continuity of said corridor with Quadco Regional Transportation Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of County Commissioners directs the CountyRo ad Engineer to take all action appropriate to report upon the establishment of the proposed county road project and make an examination of same as appropriate, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board of County Commissioners directs the County Road Engineer to commence the process to amend the Grant County Comprehensive Plan to include this proposed project and reserves the action to establish said road at a future date following examination of the products provided by the County Road Engineer. DATED this day of—fZ[�, 2007. Yea/ Nay Abstain (i ❑ ❑ ATT T: ul ❑ ❑ -(:z ar. asquez Q ❑ O Clerk of the Board BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON Kichard ti Ji+tevens, Vice Chair I Cind Carter, Member Maewatha County Road Project - Page 2 of 2